2013 PRODUCE TALLY

Well I finally have put my butt into gear and getting back onto the blogging horse after having my second son! I thought I would start off with a tally of 2013's produce. I will also be updating on my birth story, renovation goals and our upcoming 3.5 week holiday!

Artichoke 507 grams
Bay Leaf 79 grams
Beetroot 3361 grams
Bok Choy 54 grams
Broad Beans 10506 grams
Broccoli 714 grams
Cabbage 5161 grams
Capsicum 2964 grams
Carrot 383 grams
Cauliflower 4008 grams
Celery 654 grams
Chili 735 grams
Corn 201 grams
Eggs 653
Garlic 3010 grams
Kale 879 grams
Kumquat 15 grams
Leek 2631 grams
Lemon 846 grams
Lettuce 771 grams
Loquat 295 grams
Marjoram 237 grams
Marrow 30853 grams
Onion 676 grams
Parsley 3125 grams
Peas 171 grams
Pumpkin 37902 grams
Rhubarb 2052 grams
Rosemary 4 grams
Sage 502 grams
Silver Beet 11843 grams
Tarragon 443 grams
Thyme 131 grams
Tomato 60732 grams
Zucchini 25671 grams

TOTAL 653 EGGS AND 212.116 KILOGRAMS OF FOOD

one of my favorite harvests, These guys lasted for 9 months throughout winter and were super easy to grow!

WEEKLY HARVEST - NUMBER 30

It wasn't super productive in the garden this week but I had a great time supplementing our harvest by swapping my excess greens for citrus of all sorts at my local food swap.

12/8/13 - 18/8/13

14 eggs
255 grams of lettuce
28 grams of thyme
375 grams cauliflower
125 grams parsley
874 grams silverbeet

TOTAL 14 EGGS AND 1657 GRAMS OF FOOD

ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST & A FOOD SWAP.

And so another weekend is here, and my hubby is required to work it, so there will be yet another week of no progress *sigh* I think that makes 3 weekends in a row now! The drainage is still half done, but at least the flooding issue has been resolved. And the house is still upside down, when everything is going to get finished I have no idea, lets hope it is presentable in a couple of months time!

But this is not all bad news, it means I get to go to another food swap. It's been hard for me to get to one lately as I have been so wrapped up in house renovations, I just haven't had the time to spare, a couple of hours is a big deal when you are trying to get stuff ready and renovated around the house and only have one or two days to get it done in. I am looking forward to being able to attend in summer when the weather is glorious and the produce is varied. In winter there just isn't the same amount of variety, but it is still lovely to catch up with fellow gardeners who are passionate about growing their own food.

This is the produce I took to swap:

A couple of bunches of Rubin Lettuce.

A couple of bags full of Lollo Bionda Lettuce.

Three bunches of Lemon Thyme

Four Bunches of Flat Leaf Parsley.

Five bunches of yellow silverbeet.

This is what I brought home:

A lemon

Yellow Limes

Some oranges

Some kumquats

A couple of kiwi fruits.

Some grapefruit.

Some kaffir lime leaves.

A couple propagated grape cutting.

Some seedling trays.

And some large trays to house the smaller trays.

All in all I think I did pretty well swapping my excess produce for things I don't grow or have!

WEEKLY TALLY - 23 & 24

The garden is growing nicely and has welcomed the winter rains over the last couple of days. Life is still hectic renovating our tushies off, and unfortunately the garden has been put on the back burner. Luckily it's not growing great guns like it would if we were in summer so it can go days and days without me popping my head in. This week I will be harvesting my first purple cauliflower of the season, so I am very excited about that!

24/6/13 - 7/7/13

26 eggs
31 grams lettuce
441 grams silverbeet
96 grams celery
2 grams bay leaf
114 grams parsley

TOTAL 26 eggs AND 684 GRAMS OF FOOD

WEEKLY TALLY - NUMBER 19 & 20

I haven't meant to be slack - really!!!! Life has been full and busy. We are preparing for the arrival of our little one in 23 or so weeks and have half a house to renovating so we are getting busy preparing and finishing off a few little jobs before the big stuff happens. So all that has taken away from my free time to blog, even though I have wanted to keep you all updated on my garden's progress. I haven't been able to spend much time out there, just every now and again having a wander through seeing if anything is ready to harvest and pulling out the odd weed. So this harvest is a couple of weeks worth of harvesting...

27/5/13 - 9/6/13

30 eggs
148 grams lettuce
222 grams parsley
2 grams bay leaf
4 grams rosemary
2 grams marjoram

TOTAL 30 EGGS AND 178 GRAMS OF FOOD

WEEKLY TALLY - NUMBER 18

There has been a little more variety this week, but still a small harvest compared to what I was getting in summer. At least the chickens are laying again, not as much as they were in summer but at least I am getting a couple of eggs a day. The winter veggies are coming along nicely which you can see here. Hopefully the beautiful sunshine today gives them a nice little boost before the rainy week to come.

20/5/13 - 26/5/13
12 eggs
239 grams lettuce
464 grams parsley
54 grams bok choy
7 grams bay leaf
421 grams capsicum
3 grams chili

TOTAL 12 EGGS AND 1188 GRAMS OF FOOD

MAY PLANTING GUIDE

Successive planting for a family of 4...

Week 1
Cabbage 3 seeds
Lettuce 10 seeds
Peas 10 seeds
Turnips 4 seeds
Spring Onion 12 seeds
Onion 30 seeds

Week 2
N/A

Week 3
Lettuce 10 seeds
Spinach 4 seeds

Week 4
Cabbage 3 seeds
Peas 10 seeds
Turnips 4 seeds

APRIL PLANTING GUIDE

Successive planting for a family of 4...

Week 1
Spring Onion 12 seeds
Onion 30 seeds

Week 2
Lettuce 10 seeds
Spinach 4 seeds
Beetroot 6 seeds
Kale 4 seeds

Week 3
Cabbage 3 seeds
Peas 10 seeds
Turnips 4 seeds

Week 4
Cauliflower 8 seeds
Lettuce 10 seeds

Week 5
Spinach 4 seeds
Beetroot 6 seeds

MARCH PLANTING GUIDE

Successive planting for a family of 4...

Week 1
Cabbage 3 seeds
Peas 10 seeds
Turnips 4 seeds
Garlic 50 bulbs
Kohlrabi 2 seeds
Broccoli 6 seeds
Beetroot 6 seeds
Cauliflower 8 seeds
Leek 8 seeds
Spring Onion 12 seeds
Onion 30 seeds

Week 2
Lettuce 10 seeds

Week 3
Spinach 4 seeds
Beetroot 6 seeds

Week 4
Broccoli 6 seeds
Cabbage 3 seeds
Cauliflower 8 seeds
Leeks 8 seeds
Lettuce 10 seeds
Peas 10 seeds
Turnips 4 seeds
Kohlrabi 2 seeds

FEBRUARY PLANTING GUIDE

Successive planting for a family of 4...

Week 1
Spinach 4 seeds
Spring Onion 12 seeds

Week 2
Broccoli 6 seeds
Cabbage 3 seeds
Carrot 20 seeds
Lettuce 10 seeds
Peas 10 seeds
Turnips 4 seeds
Kohlrabi 2 seeds

Week 3
N/A

Week 4
Broccoli 6 seeds
Cauliflower 8 seeds
Leek 8 seeds
Lettuce 10 seeds
Spinach 4 seeds
Beetroot 6 seeds

WEEKLY TALLY NUMBER 1

I thought I would do a weekly tally as monthly was just too hard as there was a lot to add up.

21/1/13-27/1/13

2768 g zucchini
14 eggs
1499 g tomato
98 g lettuce
27 g herbs
201 g corn

4.5953 kilograms of food and just over a dozen eggs (I lost some as the chickens free ranged and laid somewhere and when the dog arrived back from our holiday she found them)

JANUARY PLANTING GUIDE

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Successive planting for a family of 4...

Week 1
Beans 6 seeds
Broccoli 6 seeds
Cabbage 3 seeds
Carrot 20 seeds
Cauliflower 8 seeds
Leeks 8 seeds
Lettuce 10 seeds
Parsnips 12 seeds
Peas 10 seeds
Turnips 4 seeds
Spring onion 12 seeds
Kohlrabi 2 seeds

Week 2
N/A

Week 3
Beans 6 seeds
Broccoli 6 seeds
lettuce 10 seeds
Kohlrabi 2 seeds

Week 4
Cabbage 3 seeds
Carrot 20 seeds
Peas 10 seeds
Turnips 4 seeds

Week 5
Broccoli 6 seeds
Cauliflower 8 seeds
Leeks 8 seeds
Lettuce 10 seeds
Parsnips 12 seeds
Kohlrabi 2 seeds

DECEMBER PLANTING GUIDE

Successive planting for a family of 4...

Week 1
Lettuce 10 seeds
Turnips 4 seeds
Spring Onion 12 seeds

Week 2
Cabbage 3 seeds
Beans 6 seeds
Broccoli 6 seeds
Coriander 2 seeds
Kohlrabi 2 seeds

Week 3
Lettuce 10 seeds
Carrot 20 seeds
Silver Beet 1 seed
Beetroot 6 seeds

Week 4
Turnips 4 seeds
Parsnips 12 seeds
Potato 8 tubers
leek 8 seeds
Beans 6 seeds
Broccoli 6 seeds
Cauliflower 8 seeds
Celery and Celeriac 4 seeds
Coriander 2 seeds
Cucumber 3 seeds

Week 5
Lettuce 10 seeds
Cabbage 3 seeds
Peppers and Chili 2 seeds
Kohlrabi 2 seeds

OCTOBER TALLY

There will be no recipe today, we are going to a friends house for dinner. Seeing as today is the last day in October, I have added up the weight of everything I have harvested this month.

75 eggs
283g snow peas
2154g broccoli
733g beetroot
543g kohlrabi
2031g shelling peas
401g cauliflower
1603g loquat
1178g turnip
740g parsnip
1477g carrot
553g leek
157g lettuce
3230g celery
207g broad beans
2g bay leaf
235g parsley
1609g rhubarb
339g silverbeet
588g coriander

TOTAL 18.063KG OF FOOD NOT INCLUDING EGGS!

SEPTEMBER PLANTING GUIDE

Successive planting for a family of 4...

Week 1
Parsnips 12 seeds
Potato 8 tubers
Carrot 20 seeds
Eggplant 3 seeds
Leeks 8 seeds
Pepper and Chili 2 seeds
Silver beet 3 seeds
Tomato 3 seeds
Beetroot 6 seeds
Spring Onion 12 seeds

Week 2
Lettuce 10 seeds
Peas 10 seeds
Turnips 4 seeds

Week 3
Cabbage 3 seeds
Kohlrabi 2 seeds

Week 4
Lettuce 10 seeds
Carrot 20 seeds
Silver beet 1 seed
Tomato 3 seeds
Beetroot 6 seeds

AUGUST PLANTING GUIDE

Successive planting for a family of 4...

Week 1
Cabbage 3 seeds
Parsnips 12 seeds
Potato 8 tubers
Kohlrabi 2 seeds
Spring onion 12 seeds
Onion 40 seeds
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Week 2
Lettuce 10 seeds
Spinach 4 seeds

Week 3
Peas 10 seeds
Turnips 4 seeds

Week 4
Lettuce 10 seeds
Cabbage 3 seeds
Kohlrabi 2 seeds

JULY PLANTING GUIDE

Successive planting for a family of 4....

Some pictures from my garden from top to bottom left to right: Silver beet rainbow, sprouting green broccoli, purple cauliflower, green feast peas, carrots, rhubarb, purple kohlrabi, capsicum, cabbage

Week 1
Lettuce 10 seeds
Spinach 4 seeds
Parsley 4 seeds
Strawberries 20 plants
Spring Onions 12 seeds
Onion 40 seeds

Week 2
Peas 10 seeds
Turnips 4 seeds

Week 3
Lettuce 10 seeds

Week 4
Spinach 4 seeds

Week 5
Lettuce 10 seeds
Peas 10 seeds
Turnips 4 seeds

JUNE PLANTING GUIDE

Successive planting for a family of 4...

snap shops of my June garden

Week 1
Lettuce 10 seeds
Jerusalem artichokes 6 tubers
Spring onions 12 seeds
Onion 40 seeds

Week 2
Spinach 4 seeds

Week 3
Lettuce 10 seeds
Peas 10 seeds
Turnips 4 seeds

Week 4
N/A